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Dee opened her mouth, then hesitated.
“Go on.”
“I just want you to understand Devon. He was always kind of…I don’t know broken.”
“You’re twins. He was broken but you weren’t?”
“Things happen for a reason, right? Or that’s the way I always looked at it. But, for us, it was so damned horrible. I had to go on the run after someone from the FBI sold me out. I didn’t let anyone close for a really long time. It was too dangerous. Trusting someone could put their life in danger or mine. I just couldn’t take the chance.”
“And Devon? Didn’t you trust him?”
“I thought he was dead. There was an accident…thanks to my father. Devon survived, but he lost his girlfriend.”
That put a different light on his disappearance. Following the timeline in her head, it would have been around the time the CIA went into panic mode looking for him.
“We were so young at the time, but I know that he has always felt he was the reason she was killed. Dad thought he was in the car. So, Devon disappeared.”
“Oh.” Everything made a lot more sense now. When she had read his file and the case studies of his character, there was nothing that would convince her he had been selling secrets.
“So, he’s probably going to be horrible with you two. Just know where he is coming from.”
Alicia frowned. “What do you mean?”
Dee sighed. “He’ll do anything to keep you safe. And it means he is going to be a pain in the ass. I just wanted you to understand why.”
She crossed her arms beneath her breasts. “I can take care of myself and Bridget.”
Dee chuckled. “Don’t be getting your panties in a bunch. I know that, and to an extent he knows that. But he has a history, and just keep that in mind. I don’t want you to kick his ass and make him cry like a girl.”
Alicia smiled. “You think I can?”
“I’m pretty sure you can. What do you train with?”
“Some boxing.”
“Me too! Well, until I got pregnant.”
“You’re having two so close together.”
“I want to have a ton of them, but Micah wasn’t happy at first. He didn’t do so well during the last pregnancy. He declared we wouldn’t have any more children after the incident in the delivery room.”
“What incident?”
“He almost passed out. As it was, he got woozy and his stomach didn’t handle the miracle of birth that well.”
She thought back to the stoic Native American and joined in the laughter.
“Now that I might have paid to see.”
Micah and Devon pulled into the Ali’s driveway and found that nothing had been disturbed. There was a bit of fog hanging around the bushes that lined the walk.
“It’s fucking eerie, man,” Micah said.
Devon nodded. There was something oddly quiet that coated the area with a thick layer of menace. It left a knot in his stomach. There was something very wrong about the house.
They both silently slipped out of the car. He watched his brother-in-law scan the area. Devon knew he was good at things like that. He’d been trained by the CIA, even if it was just preliminary training. Years of avoiding his father and brother had made him cautious. But Micah, he’d made a living at it. When he had gotten out of the business, he’d been more well-known than Dog the Bounty Hunter. Add in his rough upbringing, Micah was probably one of the most perceptive people he knew.
Micah nodded, indicating that he didn’t sense anything and Devon could go in. As they walked, Micah continued looking around them. Devon approached the front door and found it locked. He used the key Ali had given him, and then walked in carefully.
